---
description: "Telegraf plugin for transforming metrics using Converter"
menu:
  telegraf_v1_ref:
    parent: processor_plugins_reference
    name: Converter
    identifier: processor-converter
tags: [Converter, "processor-plugins", "configuration", "transformation"]
introduced: "v1.7.0"
os_support: "freebsd, linux, macos, solaris, windows"
related:
  - /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
  - https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.36.1/plugins/processors/converter/README.md, Converter Plugin Source
---

# Converter Processor Plugin

This plugin allows transforming tags into fields or timestamps, and converting
fields into tags or timestamps. The plugin furthermore allows to change the field
type.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> When converting tags to fields, take care to ensure the series is still
> uniquely identifiable. Fields with the same series key (measurement + tags)
> will overwrite one another.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.7.0
**Tags:** transformation
**OS support:** all

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
See the [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# Convert values to another metric value type
[[processors.converter]]
  ## Tags to convert
  ##
  ## The table key determines the target type, and the array of key-values
  ## select the keys to convert.  The array may contain globs.
  ##   <target-type> = [<tag-key>...]
  [processors.converter.tags]
    measurement = []
    string = []
    integer = []
    unsigned = []
    boolean = []
    float = []

    ## Optional tag to use as metric timestamp
    # timestamp = []

    ## Format of the timestamp determined by the tag above. This can be any of
    ## "unix", "unix_ms", "unix_us", "unix_ns", or a valid Golang time format.
    ## It is required, when using the timestamp option.
    # timestamp_format = ""

  ## Fields to convert
  ##
  ## The table key determines the target type, and the array of key-values
  ## select the keys to convert.  The array may contain globs.
  ##   <target-type> = [<field-key>...]
  [processors.converter.fields]
    measurement = []
    tag = []
    string = []
    integer = []
    unsigned = []
    boolean = []
    float = []

    ## Optional field to use for converting base64 encoding of IEEE 754 Float32 values
    ## i.e. data_json_content_state_openconfig-platform-psu:output-power":"RKeAAA=="
    ## into a float32 value 1340
    # base64_ieee_float32 = []

    ## Optional field to use as metric timestamp
    # timestamp = []

    ## Format of the timestamp determined by the field above. This can be any
    ## of "unix", "unix_ms", "unix_us", "unix_ns", or a valid Golang time
    ## format. It is required, when using the timestamp option.
    # timestamp_format = ""
```

When converting types, values that cannot be converted are dropped.

When converting a string value to a numeric type, precision may be lost if the
number is too large. The largest numeric type this plugin supports is `float64`,
and if a string 'number' exceeds its size limit, accuracy may be lost.

Users can provide multiple tags or fields to use as the measurement name or
timestamp. However, note that the order in the array is not guaranteed!

### Example

Convert `port` tag to a string field:

```toml
[[processors.converter]]
  [processors.converter.tags]
    string = ["port"]
```

```diff
- apache,port=80,server=debian-stretch-apache BusyWorkers=1,BytesPerReq=0
+ apache,server=debian-stretch-apache port="80",BusyWorkers=1,BytesPerReq=0
```

Convert all `scboard_*` fields to an integer:

```toml
[[processors.converter]]
  [processors.converter.fields]
    integer = ["scboard_*"]
```

```diff
- apache scboard_closing=0,scboard_dnslookup=0,scboard_finishing=0,scboard_idle_cleanup=0,scboard_keepalive=0,scboard_logging=0,scboard_open=100,scboard_reading=0,scboard_sending=1,scboard_starting=0,scboard_waiting=49
+ apache scboard_closing=0i,scboard_dnslookup=0i,scboard_finishing=0i,scboard_idle_cleanup=0i,scboard_keepalive=0i,scboard_logging=0i,scboard_open=100i,scboard_reading=0i,scboard_sending=1i,scboard_starting=0i,scboard_waiting=49i
```

Rename the measurement from a tag value:

```toml
[[processors.converter]]
  [processors.converter.tags]
    measurement = ["topic"]
```

```diff
- mqtt_consumer,topic=sensor temp=42
+ sensor temp=42
```

Set the metric timestamp from a tag:

```toml
[[processors.converter]]
  [processors.converter.tags]
    timestamp = ["time"]
    timestamp_format = "unix
```

```diff
- metric,time="1677610769" temp=42
+ metric temp=42 1677610769
```

This is also possible via the fields converter.